Tool-driving attachment for automobiles.



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Hx Lv BRIGGS.

TOOL DRIVING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FTLED NOV. 12, 1915.

ii i @wfifi iw Patented m 11, 1910.

WIN/E8858 3" Application tiled lii'ovemhcr 12,. 1 .9

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY L. houses, a citizen of the United States, and e resident of Salem, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon, have invented certain. new and useful llllpI'OVQlllfil'llJS in Tool-Driving Attachments for Automobiles, of which the following is n. specification.

My invention relates to saws or other r0- tative devices, and the mein object thereof is to provide the same as an attachment to automobiles, without any structural change in the latter, whereby the power for the saw or thelilic Will be obtained from the automobile motor In ordeito accomplish this result l. pro vide a pulley as an attachment for one of v the driving Wheels of the automobile which may he quickly and easily installed or re moved and which does not 'ateriere "with the normal operation of the autcmohil...

My invention is fully described in the tollowing specification, of which the zwcom. penying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer to like in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the front and rear portions of an automobile provided with my invention, used as it saw; a sectional view 01' my invention. detached. from the automobile, taken on the line 2--2 of 3; Fig. 3 is a top plan view the-root; and Fig: l is e section taken on the line of Fig, 1,

In the drawings forming a part of this application I have shown, iregmentarily, an automobile 5 of the Ford type but which may he of any type. having it'ront Wheels 6, rear Wheels Y, driving axle 8, front Q, and control shaft 10 to which the foot pedals ere connected, although not shown.

The saw carrying attachment consists of two sill. hours 11 suspended from the front axle by means of hooks 12 passed through. clip washers 13 beneath the sill hers, forward ends of said sill hers supporting npri,,,hts i l which in turn carry hearings tor a shaft 16 Which carries a pulley 12 and a balance wheel 18 on one end and which carries a circular saw 19 at its other end held. inplace by means of a nut Adjustably connected with the truss-like frame formed by the uprights 14 is a saw guard 21 and said. frame carries "forwardly directed brackets 22 which carry a rod serving as a pivot for a wood'raok or Work Specification. of Letters 'liateht.

H5. sci-m1. lilo. carrier having a wood table and a, Wood rest F26, "his rock being limited in its forward movement by means oi a chain 27 of adjustable type. The rear end of each sill. it carries vertical tube 28 adapted to receive it pin forming part of it been ing hozt 36 clamped loosely on the control shalt 10, the e boxes being left in. position at all times, if desired, as they do not inter l'ere with the normal ope 'ation of the automobile.

shown in Figs. 1 and 4-, l clamp a, spider 33 to the driving "Wheel 7 on the side oft-he automobile corresponding to the position of the pulley l? on the saw attachment,

this spider being self-centering hy means of bore adapted to receive the hub-hon 33 of the Wheel 7, and said spider 31 carries an outwardly directed hub 34; upon which a,

pulley is mounted and secured by means of a r n 35.

h in racticc, assuming the boxes 30 to he n pos on on the control 10,, the saw attachment placed upon the ground, or special stools not shown may he used to lsethe some from the ground, and the ad" toinohile driven astride said attachment, from the rear thereof, into such position that the hooks may he passed over the front axle 9 end the pins 29 he entered into the respective tubes 28, the Weight of the forward end of the attachment maintaining the sa me in place.

The Wheel having the pulley 35 thereon is up in any desired manner, a belt 8? passed over the pulleys 17 and 35, and the device is ready to he started, stopped, and controlled by the usual automobile con trol means, not shown. A stick of Wood to he sewed, as into stove lengths, is placed upon the Wood rack and manually fed rear- Werdly against the saw 19, the guard 21 preventing sawdust from passing to the rediator oi the zuitoinohile, and the saw opera tion is I under quick, easy, and complete control...

My attachment may he as readily detached from the autoi'nohile, and Without any injury thereto, and it will he noted that l make no holes, notches, or removals with respect to the automobile, nor do .l scar, scratch, or otherwise mutilate the latter; it will also be noted that my invention can be attached to an automobile in a very few minutes,- as Well as detached, Without putting the automobile out of commission for normal use other than for practically the time of actual sawing operation.

While I have shown my invention as a saw,

I may use the same in different ways, such as for grinding, burnishing, and the. like wherein a rotative tool or other device is employed, and I reserve the right to make such structural changes over the form shown and described as come within the spirit of the invention,, and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with an automobile provided with a driving wheel, a driving' axle and with a front axle; of an attachment suspended from said front axle and forming a component part of the automobile, a rotative tool carried by. said attachment, and means for operatively connecting 'saidtool 'withsaid driving wheel, said driving wheel being jacked up in the operation of said tool.

2. The combination with an automobile provided with a driving wheel, a driving axle and with a front axle; ofsill bars suspended from said axle, a rotative tool carried at the forward ends of said sill. bars,

provided with a driving Wheel, a driving axle and with a front axle; of hooks depending from said axle, sill bars suspended from said "liooks, a rotative tool carried at the forward ends of said sill bars, bearings on said automobile for the rear ends of said sill bars, and means for operatively connecting said tool with said driving wheel.

5. The combination with an automobile provided with a driving wheel, a driving axle and with a front axle; ofan attachment suspended from said axle, a rotative tool carried by said attachment, a pulley carried by said driving wheel, and means for operatively connecting said tool and said pulley.

6. The combination with an automobile provided with a driving wheel and with an axle; of an attachment suspended from said axle, a rotative tool carried by said attachment, a pulley connected with said tool, a spider detachably secured to said driving wheel, a pulley carried by said spider, and a belt connecting said pulleys.

7. The combination with an automobile provided with a driving wheel, a driving axle and with a front axle; of an attachment suspended from said axle, a rotative tool carried by said attachment, a guard for said tool, a work carrier movable toward and from said tool, and means for operatively connecting said tool with said driving wheel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HEN/RY L. BRIGGS.

Witnesses:

Ro F. SHIELDS, FLORA L. NEWMAN. 

